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Watershed Connections: Facts from the Field - Chesapeake Bay
Coordinates: 36.99°N 75.95°W, Watershed: Chesapeake Bay
By Anonymous | November 1, 2010
- 48 major rivers and 100 tributaries drain into Chesapeake Bay.
- The bay itself is surprisingly shallow, with an average depth of 21 feet. In fact a person who is 6 feet tall could wade through over 700,000 acres of the Bay.
- Chesapeake Bay has over 11,000 miles of shoreline; that is equivalent to travelling from New York to Los Angeles and back again.
- The watershed area of the bay is massive at 64,000 square miles. This encompasses an area of 6 states, one district and more than 16.6 million people.
Watershed Connections: Facts from the Field - Toronto and Ontario
Coordinates: 43.40°N 79:22°W
By Anonymous | October 6, 2010
©Blue Legacy/Alexandra Cousteau
The stunning Toronto skyline on Expedition Blue Planet's entrance to the city. A wind turbine on the right is Ontario's first community owned wind power project.
Watershed Connections: Facts from the Field - Kingston/Tennessee
Coordinates: 35.87°N 84.52°W, Watershed: Tennessee River
By Anonymous | September 22, 2010
Watershed Connections: Facts from the Field - Atlanta, Georgia
Coordinates: 33.75°N 84.39°W, Watershed: Upper Chattahoochee Watershed
By Anonymous | September 18, 2010
Watershed Connections: Facts from the Field - Daytona Beach/ Florida
Coordinates: 29.17°N 80.98°W, Watershed: Daytona-St. Augustine Watershed
By Anonymous | September 16, 2010
A crowd at Vilano Beach in Florida watches a baby loggerhead turtle makes its way to sea © Oscar Durand/Blue Legacy
Watershed Connections: Facts from the Field -New Bern/North Carolina
Coordinates: 35.81°N 78.64°W, Watershed: Upper Neuse Watershed
By Anonymous | September 9, 2010
Watershed Connections: Facts from the Field - Savannah/Georgia
Coordinates: 32.08°N 81.09°W, Watershed: Savannah River Basin
By Anonymous | September 7, 2010
Watershed Connections: Facts from the Field - Mobile, Alabama
Coordinates: 30.69°N 88.04°W, Watershed: Mobile River basin
By Anonymous | September 1, 2010
Mobile, Alabama. Where the delta flows through the city and into the sea. © Blue Legacy/Oscar Durand
Watershed Connections: Facts from the Field - Gulf of Mexico/ Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Coordinates: 28.25N 88.81W, Body of water: Gulf of Mexico
By Anonymous | August 30, 2010
A map shows the fishing zones in the Gulf of Mexico and the small circle on the right is the location of B.P's Deep Water Horizon. © Blue Legacy/Ali Sanderson
Watershed Connections: Facts from the Field - Gulf of Mexico
Coordinates: 25°N 90°W (Central gulf)
By Anonymous | August 24, 2010Sponsored By
